LPGA Hall-of-Famer Lydia Ko won the Chevron Championship in 2016. Photo: afp
Kiwi golfer Lydia Ko says she is dealing with a tingling sensation in her right arm in the build-up to the first women's Major of the year.
Ko, the world's No.3 player, woke with a neck spasm earlier in the week, providing a distraction before the Chevron Championship, starting at The Woodlands in Texas on Friday (NZT).
"I've been getting a lot of treatment on it," Ko told Golfweek, after finishing up her nine-hole pro-am event.
"It's better than yesterday, but still doesn't feel like my normal arm."
Ko, who turns 28 on Thursday, said she felt she could play through the issue.
"It was playable, but I could feel it at the top of my backswing and my finish," she said. "My coach was, like, 'Oh, you kind of finish like Mr [Arnold] Palmer'.
"I was, like, 'Well, that's good news,.. of all the people, I would love to be like Mr Palmer."
A 23-time winner on the LPGA Tour and already a member of the LPGA Hall of Fame, Ko won the Chevron Championship in 2016, when it was played at Mission Hills in California.
- Reuters
